WELLMONT AND MSHA AT ODDS
WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM IS ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE TO WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA. THE HEALTH PROVIDER RECENTLY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BASE A MEDEVAC HELICOPTER IN GREENE COUNTY TENNESSEE AND…
KINGSPORT RED LIGHT CAMERA REPORT
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT NEW TRAFFIC CAMERAS AT SIX KINGSPORT INTERSECTIONS IS HELPING TO REDUCE FATAL CRASHES. IN 2007, T-BONE OR RIGHT ANGLE COLLISIONS, WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DEADLY, DECREASED FROM…
HALE SPRINGS INN DECISION EXPECTED SOON
A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER HAS ASSESSED THE REAR WALL COLLAPSE AT THE HALE SPRINGS INN IN ROGERSVILLE. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEMOLISH THE ENTIRE 1870 ADDITION BECAUSE IT’S NOT ECONIMICALLY FEASIBLE…
GREEN CASE WAIVED TO GRAND JURY
A JOHNSON CITY MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO RUN OVER A POLICE OFFICER HAS WAIVED HIS CASE TO A GRAND JURY. 27 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER GREEN IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED…
BLUFF CITY MAYOR RESIGNS
BLUFF CITY IS WITHOUT A MAYOR THIS MORNING BUT NOT WITHOUT CONTROVERSY. BOB THOMAS RESIGNED HIS POSITION EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT LAST NIGHT’S BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMAN MEETING. HE CLAIMS…
ANOTHER YOUTUBE ARREST FOR KINGSPORT POLICE
THE KINGSPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT’S “MOST WANTED” LIST ON YOUTUBE HAS RESULTED IN ANOTHER ARREST. PAUL MALONE IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BURGLARY AND THREE COUNTS OF FORGERY. HE LEARNED HE WAS…